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AU.

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CHAPTER NINETEEN

A slight problem? A Slight Problem!

This wasn't a slight problem. This was a pretty big problem. Harry was suppose to stay here, with him. He wasn't suppose to go back to some lonely apartment in some place he couldn't even pronounce the name of. He wasn't suppose to go back to John.

As he tried to push away a panic attack, Draco felt a fury grow in him that he had never felt before in his young life. He had done everything that Severus had asked of him. He had waited for each part of the blasted 'Plan' to come and go. He had not jumped Harry the minute he had seen him, all because he had been talked out of it.

And it was all for naught! Harry was still going to leave!

As he sat there and let the panic overtake him, he let out a quiet whimper. Harry, even after bonding himself to Draco, still didn't love him. What was he going to do now?

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Harry was bent over pulling on a stubborn weed when he was suddenly overcome with panic. It took him by surprise so that he fell over and landed face first in the newly overturned soil. He struggled to sit up, spitting out leaves and dirt, as he realized that the panic he was feeling was not his own. It was coming down the bond!

Draco was panicking. Harry, being bonded to Draco, knew that he suffered panic attacks but they had lessened lately so Harry had forgotten about them. When Draco had a panic attack it was hard for Harry not to run to him, so he had tried to teach his mind not to recognize the panic that was coming from the bond. It had worked, somewhat, while he had been in the States, but here, there was no way he could ignore the panic that was coming down the bond. Especially since he knew he was the cause of it.

Harry sat on the ground gritting his teeth painfully, trying to ride out the attack. After long minutes it was clear that Draco's panic had risen to heights that neither of them could control. With a muffled curse Harry stood on shaky legs to make his way to Draco.

"Harry?" Hagrid called as he walked back towards the garden. He had told Madam Pomfrey what Harry had said. He didn't know what else to do besides leave it up to the ones in charge. If it had been up to him, he would have locked the two of them in a room until Draco had 'persuaded' Harry. But 'The Plan' didn't call for that, it called for Harry to stop fighting the bond on his own.

Harry walked past Hagrid and didn't acknowledge him at all. Hagrid wasn't sure if that was a good sign or bad but since Harry was headed back to the castle he decided to leave it be. Besides, he didn't want to be anywhere near the castle when Harry figured out that he had been manipulated. With a quiet whistle, Hagrid returned to his garden to pull weeds.

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Draco, not having made it back to his bed when the panic struck, was in the middle of his small common room, lying between the couch and the coffee table. He was shivering and mumbling incoherently. Every other word was Harry's name. When he a had fallen, he had knocked over the oil he had ordered to replace his in the potions classroom and it was slowly making its way towards the fire. The arm of his cloak was already soaked in the precious, very flammable, liquid.

Second by second, the oil got closer to the fire and Draco fled deeper into his mind.

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Harry stumbled across the grounds of Hogwarts, so intent on reaching Draco that he didn't see the students he ran over and the teachers he ignored. A frantic call to the Headmaster had the man leaning in his chair and smiling, yes smiling. An order to leave him alone was met with disbelief, but everyone did as they were told.

Harry paused at one of the side doors of Hogwarts to get his bearings. His gaze had narrowed down to a small pinpoint right in front of him. It took considerable effort to keep himself going in the face of Draco's panic. The fact that he now had his own panic to deal with wasn't helping either.

He stumbled down the corridor, careening off of the walls, intent only on reaching Draco as soon as possible.

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Madam Pomfrey was waiting for Harry outside the corridor to Harry and Draco's rooms. She knew that Harry would respond to Draco's panic attack. She disagreed with this part of 'The Plan' but knew that Severus was right. Draco would panic. Harry would respond to Draco, he wouldn't be able to deny it when they were this close together. They, all of them concerned, were counting on those two indisputable facts.

Though it bothered her, her part in this plan, she knew that there was more to gain in the long run. As she watched Harry stumble down the corridor she decided that her part in 'The Plan' called for help.

With a quiet mummer and a soft touch, she stopped Harry's erratic movement down the corridor and helped him towards Draco's room. The panic coming down the bond had seized Harry firmly in its grip so that he protested not at all to her help.

As she opened the door to Draco's room, she sent the man she considered her son, to his future. As the door closed she prayed that she, all of them, had done the right thing.

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As Harry stepped into the room his narrowed gaze focused on Draco lying on the floor. With the last ounce of strength left in him he stumbled to Draco and pulled the shaking man into his arms. The second he did a light surrounded them both and Harry once again saw the Silver Unicorn right before he lost consciousness.

"You are welcome." The voice was so sweet and beautiful that it brought tears to both of them even in their unconscious state.

Neither saw the oil finally make it to the fire.

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I hope that you forgive me for the wait. My laptop crashed and I had to wait for it to get fixed.

I have found the most incredible story. I have not read anything like it. I absolutely LOVE it. It is called Growing Pains by SensiblyTainted and it is here on FFN. It is on my favorites. I encourage everyone to go read it. It is amazing.

Also, in other news, I have decided to re-post 'I Understand'. It will not be soon but I will re-post it within the next few months. Give me time to get over my anger.

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